Reuters: TOKYO, Aug 5 – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday praised Taiwan, pledged U.S. solidarity and said her trip through Asia, which led to unprecedented military drills by an angry China, was never about changing the regional status quo. Pelosi and a congressional delegation were in Japan on the last stage […]
Reuters: KYIV, Aug 4 – Ukraine said on Thursday it had been forced to cede some territory in the east of the country in the face of a Russian offensive, and the head of the NATO military alliance said Moscow must not be allowed to win the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy this week described […]
BBC News: Four people have been critically injured after being struck by lightning near the White House. The two men and two women were in Lafayette Park in Washington DC during a violent storm when they were struck down, fire officials said. Because of the park’s closeness to the seat of the US presidency, members […]
BBC News: Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan has left Joe Biden with a serious headache as he tries to manage ties with America’s biggest global rival. Analysts warn that many risks lie ahead. The relationship between China and the United States was founded on deliberate ambiguity over Taiwan. Maintaining the status quo – in which […]
BBC News: China has fired missiles near Taiwan as part of huge military drills following a visit by senior US politician Nancy Pelosi to the island. Taiwan said China launched 11 ballistic missiles into waters around Taiwan’s north-east and south-west coasts. Japan said five Chinese missiles landed in its waters as well, calling for an […]
ABC News: CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s new government announced on Thursday it plans to prevent development of a coal mine due to the potential impact on the nearby Great Barrier Reef. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said she intends to deny approval for the Central Queensland Coal Project to be excavated northwest of the Queensland state […]
Reuters: PHNOM PENH, Aug 4 – The United States opposes any unilateral efforts to change the Taiwan status quo, especially by force, and its policy on Taiwan has not changed, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Southeast Asian counterparts on Thursday. Cross-Straits stability was in the interests of the whole region, he told a meeting […]
BBC News: China is holding its biggest-ever show of military force in the air and seas around Taiwan, including the firing of ballistic missiles. The military exercises follow a visit to the island by the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province that will eventually be […]
H.E. Mr. Lee Jang-keun, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Bhutan, handed over four electric cars (Hyundai Kona) to Ambassador Pema Choden, Foreign Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, today in Thimphu. The electric cars are provided by the Government of the Republic of Korea under its Small Grant Aid for the year 2021 to […]
ABC News: BEIJING — China says it conducted “precision missile strikes” in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday as part of military exercises that have raised tensions in the region to their highest level in decades. China earlier announced that military exercises by its navy, air force and other departments were underway in six zones surrounding […]
